Thursday, October 11, 2007

Katie's Vocab

Veracity
Description: accuracy or corectness
POS: noun
Related words: honesty, credibility, integrity
sentence: My teacher questioned the veracity of my answer.

Impugn
Description: To argue with something you think is untrue
POS: Verb
related words: attack, critisize, asperse
Sentence: I impugn whether or not hes telling the thruth.

Impeccable
description: Something described as perfect or flawless
POS: adjective
related words: perfect, flawless, fautless
sentence: The artwork was impeccable.

Duplicity
description: speaking with contradiction
POS: noun
related words: deception, contradiction, dissimulation
sentence: The duplicity of the defendent's story was recognized.

Subterfuge
description: a trick or a plan to escape a rule
POS: noun
related words: sheme, trick, deception
Sentence: The group had a subterfuge to flee from prison.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Katie,
Your use of "impugn" connotes "question" ...as in, I don't believe him. (-1)
You don't tell me whether your related words are synonyms, antonyms, or etymology... (-5)
19/30 until I see pictures.